[Kde-games-devel] Data migration issue

[Mathias Kraus]

Am Montag, 2. März 2015, 09:00:07 schrieb Ian Wadham:
> Hi Mathias,
> 
> On 02/03/2015, at 5:24 AM, Mathias Kraus wrote:
> > I just tested the data migration of some games and noticed, that they have the same problem like granatier when QCoreApplication is created before the migration. The migrated config is not used at the first application run, but the default settings. If a user then changes a setting, the migrated settings will be lost.
> > 
> > While this is just a minor problem, because the settings can be changed again and it only happens if the user changes the setting at the first run of the application,
> 
> I would say that most users would start changing settings if they find
> their settings are gone.
> 
> > there is another problem. The migrated high scores are also not used. This means, if a user plays a game and wins, the old high scores are also lost.
> 
> Also, other data files, such as the user's entire jigsaw puzzle collection in
> Palapeli, the saved solution-state of each puzzle, the saved state of a cube
> in Kubrick and any games or levels in KGoldrunner that are being composed
> or edited by the user --- to name a few.
> 
> > I think this is a big problem
> 
> Yes, it is a really serious problem, IMHO.
> 
> > and would suggest, to move the creation of QCoreApplication below the migration.
> 
> Hope that works in all cases.  Well spotted, Mathias!

I assume QCoreApplication looks for the rc file and if it doesn't find one, it uses the default settings. As the migration is after the creation of the QCoreApplication, there is no rc file to use.

Could someone confirm my assumption?

> Cheers, Ian W.
> 
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